Word: unloads
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...finding enough imports to fill incoming ships. Port officials solved that by persuading the likes of Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Ikea to take advantage of ample vacant land near the port (something you don't find in New York or L.A.) to build distribution centers where they could unload merchandise from overseas and ship it to stores in the U.S. Now the question is, What else can Savannah export...
...election after probably losing the first round, used the state-controlled press to divert attention to the chronic issue of land control, and apparently had thugs beat opposition supporters. But one of his strategies seems likely to fail. In mid-April, South Africa's Transport Workers Union refused to unload a shipment of Chinese arms destined for Zimbabwe...
...that has been so successful it is studied by visiting business students from places such as Harvard, Wharton and INSEAD. The first step: speed things up - not the trains themselves but the turnaround time between the end and beginning of each new trip. In 2001 the average time to unload, repair, refuel and reload a freight train in India was 7.1 days. Now it is just five days, which means that 800 trains leave on a new journey each day, rather than just 550. Given that an additional trip can earn up to $15 million, the improvement made an important...
...Fueling the refugees' anger is the fear that Lapindo will walk away from its promises. Last September, PT Energi Mega Persada, a company controlling 50% of the Lapindo drilling project and connected to Bakrie, the Indonesian Cabinet minister, attempted to unload Lapindo for $2 to a company based on the island of Jersey but owned by Bakrie's family conglomerate. When Indonesian financial regulators blocked that sale, Energi Mega tried to sell half the beleaguered Lapindo to the Freehold Group, registered in the British Virgin Islands. That deal also collapsed amid controversy. The attempted corporate reshuffling raised fears among many...
...drink. Fernandes then spends much of the two-hour journey chatting and shaking hands with each of the 140 passengers. After the plane touches down, he stands on the tarmac in his trademark red baseball cap, waves goodbye to the departing passengers and helps a team of baggage handlers unload suitcases from the cargo hold...